Winter has already made itself at home at Lee Canyon, where a 30-inch base, all five lifts running, and 28 out of 29 trails open have visitors saying the season showed up early — and they're not complaining.

The holiday looks a little different up here. Instead of a packed dining room, it's a packed lift line. For visitors today, this is the best way to start the season.

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"My cousins are here from Oregon and they were like, 'Snowboarding? In Vegas?' And we're like—yeah! Our dad used to ski patrol up here. He got us into snowboarding, and now it's what we do as siblings. We even brought our youngest brother this year,"

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